Social Murder Silent Acts; Syncretism|countersyncretism|antesyncretism

Resumen del Libro

This thesis explores the concept of Social Murder among the indigenous populations of Aridoamerica as a performatic act reflected in three rituals of the northeast of Mexico. Exploring the multiple and contradictory facets of syncretism, I intend to reveal how the ideological, religious, and physical trauma caused by the Spaniards against Native Mexicans has resulted in complex indigenous performances and cultural practices that continue to transmit a two fold meaning: collective memory and resistance, as much as resignation to social death and defeat.